US tariffs force diamond sales delays in further financial blow to...
Petra Diamonds has postponed the sale of about 200,000 carats of diamonds produced from its Cullinan mine near Pretoria because of the “considerable diamond...
Copper smelters face record losses amid oversupply
COPPER smelters are paying unprecedented sums to process raw materials as China's aggressive expansion of processing facilities creates a global market imbalance that threatens...
Third time lucky for Mowana as Van Wouw plots 21,000tpy mine
IT may be "third time lucky" for the Mowana copper mine near Francistown in Botswana where operations were restarted in March last year by...
Eskom boss says cost of SA electricity will come from taxes...
THE current reality that South Africa's energy users face is that they either have to support Eskom through paying higher tariffs for electricity, or...
Pan African lifts gold forecast for 2024 after slump for year...
PAN African Resources achieved its adjusted gold production forecast for the 12 months ended June and said output for the current financial year would...
IronRidge Resources scopes lithium project in Ghana, aims fast track to...
UK-listed mineral exploration and development firm, IronRidge Resources, said its Ewoyaa Lithium Project in Ghana could support a 295,000 tons a year lithium mine with...
UAE firm attempts to gatecrash Lubambe Copper sale
A UNIT of International Holding Company, Abu Dhabi's most valuable company, is interested in acquiring Zambia's Lubambe Copper Mine, an asset that China's JCHX...
Anglo may broaden battery minerals business in Finland
ANGLO American said on Monday it had concluded a business agreement with Finland to "support the country's battery metals strategy".
It said a memorandum of...
Another court setback for Nkwe
The Constitutional Court has dealt a further blow to Nkwe Platinum’s bid to regain some prospecting rights the group lost in an earlier ruling.
Mining sector’s demographic time bomb
Mining recruitment agencies have been trying to figure out why the sector struggles to attract young professionals to its ranks